The Times of India reports that China’s Food and Drug Association has tested and cleared Johnson & Johnson products of allegedly containing carcinogens. The charges started when the US-based Campaign for Safe Cosmetics claimed that several products contained formaldehyde.
The charges caused a bit of panic in China, where product safety has become a major issue because of recent scandals like the melamine contamination in daily milk of one of the major producers. Nong Gong Shang, a Shanghai-based supermarket chain, removed Johnson Baby Shampoo from its shelves. Another supermarket in the central city of Chongqing pulled three kind of baby products from their shelves.
Another official agency, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. also carried out tests on 31 batches of bath products made by Johnson & Johnson’s China operations. The tests showed they met the standard for formaldehyde, the official Xinhua news agency said.
See also past CDT posts on product safety.
